Sudanese System of Kinship

The Sudanese System is also known as the Bifurcate-Collateral System.Here a distinction between sex of the connecting relative and a distinction between lineal and collateral relative is made.In ego's generation,siblings,parallel cousins and cross-cousins have distinct denotative terms.

Patrilateral parallel cousins are distinguished from matrilateral parallel cousins likewise patrilateral cross cousins are distinguished from matrilateral cross-cousins.

In the first ascendant generation, father,father's brother and mother's brother have distinct denotative terms.In the same manner mother,mother's sister and father's sister have distinct denotative terms.

The Sudanese System is associated with patrilineal societies.

Most north Indian tribes also posses this type of kinship system.